….You, always the little star and I the dark vessel

You, always the port and I the lighthouse on the right

The wet pier and the shine on the paddles

High up at the house with the trailing vines

The tied roses, the freezing water

You, always the stone statue; I, always the shadow that grows

You, the tilted shutter; I, the wind that blows it open

Because I love you and I love you

You, always you the currency and I the adoration that redeems it:

So much for the night, so much for the whistling in the wind

So much for the drop in the air, so much for the silence;

—All around us the imperious sea

Arcade of the starry sky—

So much for your Lilliputian breath

Such that I have nothing more

Inside the four walls, the floor and the ceiling

Than to scream of you with my voice lashing back at me

To smell of you with the people getting fierce

Because they cannot stand the unfamiliar and the foreign

Because it is too soon, you hear me?

Too soon in this world, my love,

To speak of you and me…..

Monogram : an amazing love poem by the famous -Nobel prize awarded – poet Odysseas Elytis.

You can find the rest of the poem here.